Controversial Military Mom and Author Susan Galleymore in Seattle

Military mom Susan Galleymore made international headlines when she took the initiative to travel to Iraq to visit her son, a U.S. soldier, who was stationed in the Sunni Triangle.

Her viewpoints and public comments have labeled her by some to be “anti-war.” Regardless, she captures a mother’s love in her latest book.

Her experiences challenged her to explore how other mothers from other cultures view the events of these wars and the impact it has on their lives. She captures these first-person stories in her newest book: Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror.

Susan Galleymore’s son served in Afghanistan and Iraq. She is South African-born and now based in the San Francisco’s Bay Area, Susan Galleymore continues to share the stories of those affected by war as founder of MotherSpeak, as a radio host for Raising Sand Radio, and as a counselor on the G.I. Rights Hotline.

You can meet her, listen to her stories for free at the following locations: